Apparatus for utilizing the force of the waves of the sea.



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P. MORIOE. APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING THE FORGE OF THE WAVES OF THE SEA.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTQE.

PETE-R MORIOE, OE NEUTRAL BAY, NORTH SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF To FRANCIS ANTHONY ANGELINETTA, OF DARLING POINT,

NEAR SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING THE FORCE "OF THE WAVES OF THE SEA.

To all whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, PETER MoRIoE, a subject of Great Britain, residing at Claude avenue, Neutral Bay, North Sydney, county of Cumberland, State of New South WVales, Commonwealth of Australia, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Improved Apparatus for Utilizing the Force of the Waves of the Sea, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is adapted to be applied in any location where the undulating movements of the waves of the sea may be felt, therefore the apparatus may be installed either on a sea-girt rock, on the sea shore, or on board ship.

In giving effect to the invention, a platform is constructed in any suitable position, and from the platform is raised an overhead frame to support and give rigidity to the working parts. Below the platform are suspended a number of bottomless cylinders which contain easy fitting pistons or disks. The cylinders are adapted to rise and fall automatically as the tide rises and falls, but the pistons onlyrise and fall when acted upon by It is important that there should be a cushion of air between the underneath of the piston or disk and the water below.

As the pistons or disks are raised or lowered by the wave force they will cause compression pumps to be operated to compress air which may be stored .in any appropriate manner.

There are numerous details which will hereafter be fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure: 1 is a side elevation of part of the installation, the cylinders being in section. Fig: 2 is a plan of part of an installation. Fig: 3 is a side elevation artly in section) of one cylinder showing the operation of the tide gear. Fig: 4 is a partially diagrammatic view of the clutch gear whereby the tide regulating parts are operated, the clutch being shown in a neutral position. Fig: 5 is a similar view showing the clutch in an engaged position. Fig: 6 is a sectional view of the screw gear. for raising and lowering the cylinders to suit the height of the tide. Fig: 7 is a sectional view of the screw gear for adjusting the length of the piston rod to suitthe height of the tide. Fig. 8 is a sectional detail view of the pumps K.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 12, 1907. Serial No. 352,032.

Patented June 16, 1908.

A is the platform, B the overhead frame; 0 C C C are pairs of cylinders, as they would be at low tide and high tide; D D D D are the pistons or disks which are adapted to rise and fall, with facility, within the cylinders. Thepistons or disks are provided with suitable leather packings d. A piston rod E projects vertically upwards from each piston. against a cylinder, the piston will be forced upwards, as shown in the cylinders C and C". The pistons and piston rods are counterbalanced by a weight 6, in a manner that is well understood. The cylinders should be braced, in any suitable manner, in order to resist, in a measure, the impact of the waves. These braces are not shown in the drawings.

The cylinders are suspended from the platforms, in a peculiar manner, by means of four screw rods F, F to each cylinder. The screw rods F, F pass through tapped nuts G, G that are secured to the platform When a wave impinges A. The peripheries of the nuts G, G are The screw rods F, and worm nuts G, are

shown in sectional detail at Fig: 6. A cord E is attached to near the bottom and to near the top of the piston rod, intermediately passing round a ulley J, so that, as the piston rises and fal s, the pulley J will havea reciprocatoryrotary motion imparted to it. The pulley J is keyed on a shaft that rocks with the pulley, and at the eX- tremity of theshaft (see Figs. 2 and 8) means are provided at j for imparting a re ciprocatory motion to the piston rods k, k of the pumps K, and thereby compresses air (or does other work) which may be stored in any convenient manner.

In order to regulate the cylinders to the varying heights of the tides, special apparatus is employed which operates automatically. A special well L is placed in such a posi tion as to be beyond the reach of impact from the waves, but is open to tide water. VVithin the well is suspended, by a rod Z, a loaded float L On the top of the rod is a ring Z to which both ends of a cord M are secured.

The direction of the cord will now be followed. From the ring Z it will proceed up-' the shaft wards, over a pulley m secured to the frame B, thence downwards round one sheave of a double pulley N, thence vertically upward (following the direction of the arrows) over a pulley n, thence diagonally downward round the other sheave of the double pulley N, thence round a guide pulley n back to the ring Z on the rod 1. As the float L lifts on a rising tide, the lower part of the cord M will be hauled upon by the ring P, that rises with the float, causing the cord to be moved in the direction indicated by the arrows. As the cord rises towards the pulley n, it will raise the arm 0 of the parallel motion 0 (as seen in Fig: 4) and cause it to assume the position as seen in Fig: 5. The parallel motion is connected to the clutch P and, when the arm 0 is raised by the movement of the cord M, the clutch will engage with the bevel wheel p as seen in Fig: 5. The face of the bevel wheel is formed into ratchet teeth with which pawls on the clutch enga e. Thus, the clutch will cause rotation of t e bevel wheel in only one direc tion. The clutch is feathered on to the shaft so as to be capable of a lateral movement imited to the istance between the faces of the bevel wheels which are free to rotate on The dis osition of this gear may be seen on a small scale in Fig: 2. In Fig: 4 the clutch gear is shown in a neutral position doing no work. In Figs: 2 and 5 the clutch gear is operating the intermediate bevel wheel Q and driving the shaft q and the sprocket wheel that gears with the chain R that gears with sprockets on the worm shafts h. All these parts are automatically thrown in and out of gear by the rising and falling of the float L in the well L. The parallel motion is supported on an adjusting rod S* (Fig: 3) that is carried by the cylinder 0 Its osition is indicated by a thick line marked 8; and because the appliance would be invisible in Fig: 3, it has een shown on a larger scale at Figs: 4 and 5. In connection with the tide regulating appliances, the suspending rods F are incased, above the platform A, in sleeves f which are firmly secured to the worm-nuts G (as may be seen in Fig: 6) and will revolve with them, the sleeves extending to the top of the frame B, and each being provided with a key way f as shown in Figs: 6 and 7.

All the piston rods are made telescopic. The bottom ends of the iston rods are solid rods E which terminate in hollow extensions E (Fig: 7) the upper ends of which are ta ped with a female thread. When the tide is l iigh, the whole of the hollow extension E and art of the solid part E of each piston rod wi be telescoped into an outer sleeve or casing E. The upper end of each piston rod is maintained 1n a vertical position by a double bracket f one end of which embraces the casing f of the suspending rods F while the by chains T, with the sprockets S rotation, the sprockets S will, through their other end embraces the case E of the piston rod. The bracket f 2 is really carried by the casing E of the piston rodand movesup and down with the piston rod as the piston is acted upon by a wave. Above the brackets f are mounted sprocket wheels S, S The sprockets is keyed on to the casing f of the suspendin rod F and adapted to slide u and down the ey way f as the piston rod and bracket f rise and fall. The sprocket S is placed above the casing E of the piston rod and is provided with a counter s indle s which fits into the top of the casing The spindle s is provided with a collar 8 The lower end of the spindle s is threaded with a male thread that ears with the female thread within the ho low extension E of the piston rod.

The 0 eration of these ap liances is as follows en the worm sha 't h are caused to rotate, (as hereinbefore described) the worm nuts G and the casings f of the suspending rods F will also be thereby rotated, causing the rotation of the sprockets S which gear, By their screw gear below, force down the piston rods E E therebylengthening the piston rods proportionately to the elevation of the cylinders, according to the state of the tide.

It is important to note that if an installation be made on board shi the whole of the tide gear appliances may be dispensed with.

In order that there shall not be too much air below the piston, when the latter is introduced into the cylinder, a suitable valve V should be placed in the piston. This valve must be adapted to be operated from above in any suitab e manner so that it shall not be necessary for an attendant to enter the cylinder in order to work the valve when the piston is introduced into the cylinder.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In apparatus for utilizing the force of the waves of the sea, a latform A, one or more cylinders, open at 0th ends, pendent therefrom, means for automatically controlling the position of the cylinders by the tide, easy fitting pistons or disks within the cylinders, piston rods rising vertically from the cylinders, and means for connecting the piston rods with compression pumps, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In apparatus for utilizing the force of the waves of the sea, a platform such as A, one or more cylinders, open at both ends, 1pendent therefrom, means for adjusting the eight of the cylinder below the platform to the varying height of the tide water, piston rods rising vertically from the cylinders, means for connecting the piston rods to com ression pumps, a tide we l such as L beyon the reach of the waves, a float and rod,

within the well, adapted to rise and fall with I name to this specification in the presence of the tide, and means for connecting the float -two subscribing witnesses.

and rod in the tide well with the ear for adjusting the height of the cylinde is whereby PETER MORIOE' such adjustment may be effected eutomatic- Witnesses:

ally, as specified. MANFIELD NEWTON,

In testimony whereof I have signed my ALBERT MASSEY. 

